The Republican journal., 1887-10-27

mense block of sulphur. inclo>cd in shell of
rock few yards thick. Three qualities of
sulphur are obtained by the operations here.
The best is almost chen:cally pure. and is OBJ
tanned at the rcsperddOs. or steam vents,
whence it issues in a liquid state and hardenS
as il cools. The other two qualities are known
to the trade as erich and ''pure' sulphur ore.
The former yields from 81 to 81 per cent. of
pure sulphur; the latter about 30 per cent.
The process used in its puritication is that of
Michel. Disillation takes place at TlamacaS in
half-cylindcrs which serve as retortS. One
who has stood upon the brink of that crater
can never forget the awful silence that broo is
over the scene of .lcSolation
FANNIE b. WARD.
Real Estate.
An Associated Press despatch from st.
Louis, published recently, quoted Hon. Chaln-
cey NJ. bercw as expressing the opinion
that 1.-The real estate speculation craze and
the construction of ) 900 miles of railway that
are not necdc,. will bring upon the country u
financial panic" and reasons were given for
This belief. But Mr.. Dcpcw tclcgraph> from
Ohio that he has been mi>quoted "IIc had
said nothing about panic or cyclone. but had
criticised adversely the booming of real estate
in naw towns and the building of railroads
parallel to old lines. In other respects the
business activity all over the West and North
west is phenomenal and healthy"
No doubt there will be a reaction, in which
many fortunes will be lost that were made on
ly on paper; while some will possess unim-
proved or improved real estate which at Il
forced sale would bring much less than it cost
Ist;t No
AIRY. The country is CROWN. rapidly. both in
population and wealth, and will continue to
grow. Senator Ingalls,. of Kansas, says in the
September Forum: ''By the close of the pres
cnt century. and perhaps earlier. there will
not be an acre Of the public domain upon
which corn and wheat can be raised without
irrigation. subject to pre-cmption or home
stead entry within the present limits of the
United States. Real estate will increase cncr-
mously in value. Our surplus population, no
longer having the fertile area OF free land over
which to littlI>c itself. will accumulate i'll
cities"
In an article in last weeks paper. caption, d
''lIow to Get Rich" Gen. Butler counsclS
young men to invest their savings in real es
tttc. dHI lclls lHCiI HOW W operate. his at-
vice is being followed to-day irrespective of
age or sex. The successful actors and actrcs-
se>, foreigners rs we'll as natives, are thus i'll
vcsllng their earnings. The growth of a cosn-
try dinni>hcs the earning capacity of capital
and enhances the value of real estate. and both
results are seen in this country tr-t"y
Generalltles,
over $4,000 persons died in India ,lnriay the
month of August from. cholera.
A London clerk has been arrested for forycr-
les amounting TO SiOO.090.
The great Spraguc Mill at Baltic. Conn. was
burned Oct. l4h. Loss 100000.
\ company in New Mexico proposes to irri-
gate 5000 acres of land there.
Rev. DR.. David Kerr. editor OF the United
Presbyterian is dead, at the age of 60.
Sir Chas. Tupper has been appointed to rep
resent Canada on the Fishery Commission.
The capital of the Pullman Palace Car Com
pany has been increased to twenty millions.
A London dispatch reports the death of Mrs
Cralk, better known as the anthorcss Dnah
Maria Muock.
nc Ndtloiiu lilDUNF company OF IfONl-
dcnrc is reported to have assigned. with !ia-
bitics amounting to 1900 coo.
1t is reported that Joseph Pulitzer. owner Of
the New York World, propose, publishing a
bic morning paper in ST. Louis.
The Missouri Grand Lodge of MaSonS has
voted not to admit to membership in the order
saloon keepers and liquor dealers.
The American ship Brigewatcr. which was
held by the customs authorities at Shrlhurnr
n. =. for some weeks, has been released.
Perry Davis. of pain killer fame. and rarty Of
Amcric leans arc under arrest in the western part
of Nova Scotia for hunting moose Illegally
Washington people want to have the national
conventions all held in that city. and propose
the erection of 4 building capable of seating r.
600.
1t is stated in Washington that the po~t-maS-
ter general in his next report will recommend
the establishment of a government telegraph
system.
Rev. DIR. Lyman Abbott, editor of the Chris
tian Union. has been engaged to supply the
| Plymouth pulpit until a successor to Bcccher
| is chosen.
| The English officials who have been appoint
Ell TO assist in thc fisheries conference will sail
for America on October 80. probably accom-
| panyinn MIR. Chamberlain.
| The schooner Il. c. Tarr. of Gloucester.
| Mass. and her crew of fifteen men are given
up as lost by her owners. She was last seen on
| the Grand Banks, September g.
A remarkably high tide in the Bay Of Fundy
last week overtowed the dykes of the 'rantra-
| mar Marsh. In consequence Il st. John express
on the intercolonial railway was ditchcd but no
| one was killed.
The cotton movement and fluctuations for
| the past year, just published, estimates that
| the crop of the United States for 1SS1-S will
amount to 6530,O0O bales against G,5o5,OOC
| bales for 1861.
| Hon. j. A. Chapcau. the Canadian Sccre-
| tary of State, says that commercial unon is an
idea that can never prevail in Canada bccaus,
| it would destroy Canadian industries and Cana.
! dian nationality.
The knights of Labor employed in the Chi
| cag0 stock yards and cooperage works threaten
| the Minneapolis convention sustained Powderly
in declaring the stock yards strike off.
| 1t is said that the richest pensioner in the
| United States is Col. A. Andrews of San Fran.
cisco, a wealthy jeweer, and that the pension
| he draws as a veteran of the Mexican war be
| turns over to needy man who gets no pen.
| sion.
At last Il man has been fonnd whose collr
age was equal to attacking II train robber
Two desperadoes stopped train OH
Texas road and broke open the express cal
with dynamite bomb. The plucky messenger
himself shot both fellows dead.
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